Tom Higham, "The World Before Us: The New Science Behind Our Human Origins" (Yale UP, 2021)
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The Evolution of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens
It was very difficult for us to know whether Neanderthals or Homo sapiens ever met one another. We now have a very good idea of the fact that these groups must have spent a considerable amount of time overlapping with one another. But compared to when we were in 2010, we now know a lot more about the relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans. And what about the Denisovans? Some people increasingly feel that Neanderthals were actually a very well adapted, quite behaviorally advanced group.
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